The Boundless Bookshelf

  About the Book: ✦ Title: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness ✦ Author: Andrew Peterson ✦ Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy (Christian) ✦ Series: Book #1 in The Wingfeather Saga ✦ Recommend for: ages 10+ who can handle some violence, blood, and peril My Personal Rating ⭐⭐⭐.5 📖 Synopsis Once, in a cottage above the cliffs on the Dark Sea of Darkness, there lived three children and their trusty dog Nugget. Janner Igiby, his brother Tink, their crippled sister Leeli are gifted children as all children are, loved well by a noble mother and ex-pirate grandfather. But they will need all their gifts and all that love to survive the evil pursuit of the venomous Fangs of Dang who have crossed the dark sea to rule the land with malice and pursue the Igibys who hold the secret to the lost legend and jewels of good King Wingfeather of the Shining Isle of Anniera. Andrew Peterson spins a quirky and riveting tale of the Igibys’ extraordinary journey from Glipwood’s Dragon Day Festival and a sec...

2025 Reading at a Glance I can't believe 2025 is already over! After a (long) holiday break, I'm excited to finally share my 2025 reading wrap up and hopefully lots more book reviews this year!  Quick Stats Total books read: 153 Pages read: 39,202 Average book length: 256 pages Average rating given: 4.3/ 5 Shortest book read: The Market Basing Mystery by Agatha Christie (25 pages)  Longest book read: Little Women by Lousia May Alcott (777 pages) Most read authors: Agatha Christie (16 books) and Janette Oke (13 books)  Average number of books read per month: 12.4 # of fiction books read: 106  # of nonfiction books read: 47 # of DNFs: 6 2025 Favorite Books & Honorable Mentions  Some of my favorite novels/series of the year (not in any order):  ~ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. An absolute masterpiece, I greatly enjoyed my first time reading this and can't wait to revisit it again soon!  ~  Emma by Jane Austen. Very re...